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UNITED STATES PATENT lirios.

RICHARD BETTY FITHIAEIOF NEW YORK. N. Y.

APPAATUS FOR TREATING SEWAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming paru of Letters Patent No. 360,956, dated April l2. 1887.

l Applicmion lilod July 24, i896. Serial No. 9.09,(Jfl0. (No modal.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I. RICHARD BEA'rrY FITII- IAN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at the city ol' New Yorkin the county and State of New York, have invented a newand use f'ul machine or apparatus for filtering and deodorizing water and othersubstauces such as or dinarilypass through sewers, of which thef'ollowing is a specification. n

Myinvention relates to improvements in niachines or apparatus for filtering and deodoriz ing the Water and solid substances which are admitted into and pass through sewers, such as are used for draining townsand cities; and it further consists in a combination of devices for retaining and preparing. the solid matters for use as n fertilizer. l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal section on line X 2, showing the combination and arrangement of the parts; Fig. 2, a transverse View showing the reservoir for the collection of the solid matter contained in the sewage, a revolving' perforated pipe armed with beaters or cutters for disiutegrating the earthy matter used as au absorbent, and perforated pipes for the introduction of a disinfecting or deodorizing substance.

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l'n constructing machines of this character I provide a reservoir, A, substantially s uch as is shown in the accompanying drawings, or of any form that will adapt it for being connected with a sewer through which sewage-water is to'similar pa sin both passed. This reservoir is, by preference, cir-- cular in form; but it may be oval or oblong, or of any other form that will admit of its being used for the purpose described, it being caused to rest upon a rectangular or otherwiseformed receptacle, A', into which the solid matter entering the machine is allowed to pass through perforations provided in the lower portion of the reservoir A. The receptacle A' rests upon any suitable platform or fou'ndn tion, B, it being supported thereon by means of pivotal points B' B, so arranged that its op post'e ends' may be alternately raised and lowered, in order that the material contained therein may be agitated, if desired, the movethrough the upper portion nient-s thereof" being effected by means of a rod, B2, which passes through the lower portion of the receptacle Aand carries upon its outer ends wedges Bf" B", gitudinally by means of a screw formed-en dije of" its ends working in a nut attached t viii-e receptacle, shown in Fig. 1. v

The material to be treated in this apparatus is passed into it through a pipe, C, which is fixed in its position, the material being' iuserted by :nenas ci' a pump; or, when'the location ol` the apparaisse will admit of it, it may be caused to flow in directly from the sewer. From the pipe C the sewage passes into a perforated revolving pipe, li, which has its bearings in the ends of the reservoir A, as shown in Fig. l, rotary motion beingr imparted thereto by ,means ol'pnlicys D' D, placed on one end thereof', said pulleys being adapted upon their peripheries for the reception ol n wire rope for driving them. in order that the pipe i) may be caused to rotate or nowhere is placed upon it a fixed clutch, D, which, when moved to the posit-ion in Fig. l, will canse. the pipe torotate, and with it n series of' arms or blades, E E, the eii'ect of'which will be to disintegrate any substance-such as peut or any othersubstance that may be placed in lheupparatus to act as an absorbeptwthe blades or :mns acting in conjunction with studs F F, pointed or otherwise, secured to the inner snri'aee ol' the lower portion of the receptacle A, producing that efieet. As a convenient method of' inserting this "absorbing material there is'pro-l vided a hopper, H, which is attached tothe upper surface of the reservoir .sk f'or supporting the pipe D. Bearings such as are shown at H may be placed at proper points throughout its length. For the purpose of injecting the deodorizingor llisinf'ecting substance when a liquid is used there is provided one or more said rod being moved lou@l small perforated pipes, ivi H, which pussof the reservoir A, one of their outer ends being provided with means for attaching thereto a hose or pipe for conveying to it the liquid. it will be found, however, that when dried and powdered clay or coal ashes are .mixed with the absorbing material, and especially when a small amount of sulphate of linie .is added, as mailer amount ol" liquid disinfectant will be required, as such ICO substances are in themselves good disinfect anis.

For tho purpose of enabling,r the solid p0rtion of the material to be readily removed there is provided at one end of the reservoir A a valve, I, which niovcs in a chamber formed in the' lret-epitteto A', und opens outward in suoli a manner as to allow the solid portion o'l the material, `mingled with which there is suf- Iioiont witter lo admit-of its moveinent, to flow out onto a sieve or into a box having a perfo rated bottom, `when the 'water is drained o" and the solid portions are taken out to he used as afrrtilizcr. There is alsou valve, I', in the opposite end ot the reservoir, through which a porti on ot' the material muy be allowed to pass, if desired.

f he operation of this Apparatus will be as follows: The partshavtlng been combined and arranged substautially` as described, an nhsorbent--such as pret, coal ashosdried and pnlverizcd clay, or other suitable material-is passed through the hopper H, when, by revolving the hollow shalt tiwill be disintegrated by its blades and carried down to thebottom ot the reservoir A. These'wnge is then allowed to flow in throi'tz'gh the perforated pipe D, which will distribute it over the absorbent, and it will be filtered through such material, the Sewage being; all allowed to pass 'in so as to he' tit tored', und :it the sum-c ii mc the liquid disin tertingamidoodorising substantie may' he forced Huongh the small pipe H3, which will keep the .mixed productl'rer-l from emitting obnoxious odors. It' the absorbing material should at any time become too dense to allow the water to ilierthron il it with sufficient rapidity. the'wrforated e may be pnt in motion 'and the blades eau to pass through it, which `will have the eitrot to allow the eter to litter through, and when a suliieiont amount has passed throng-ii it. 'the moven'ientof the blades isinereased and the solid portionsot' the sewthoroughly mixed with the absorbing ma terial. and when thus lnixed, by opening' the votre I and continuing to revolve the blades, the mass will be passed out onto the Sieve at the end ofthe reservoir, from whence it is taken for use. the discharge being hastened on account of the fact that the bldes are ar' ranged spirally upon the shaft, and it may be still further hastened by so adjusting the wedges as to incline the reservoir toward 'the valve I. The water filtering through the bottom of the reservoir A falls on a bed of absorbent material placed in the lower portion of the receptacle A', from which it may be drawn oft' in any convenient 1nanner,it having been thoroughly deodorized and purified.

Having thusdrscribed my invention, what I elai n1, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In an apparatus for deodorjizing, purifying, and collecting for use the solid portionsl ot sewage, the combination of a reservoir, A, for the reception ot' the sewage, having a perforated bottom, a rotating perforated pi pe, D, through which the sewage passes, a receptacle, A?. arranged below the pipe for the reception of absorbing and dry drodorizing materiahand perloratcd pipes H2, for the introduction of liquid deodorizingand disinfectng material, the parts bring arranged l'or operation substantially in the manner described.

2. The combination of thereservoir A.. having a perforated lower surfare supplied withv projecting pins or stnhs,'the spirally'urranged blades F F, the tilting rcceplarle AJ; having in its lower portion a chamber for the reception of nn absorbent material, and a sieve or box having a perforated bottom the opening to whirh is controlled by a valve for the regulation ot' the flow ot' the material from the res ervoir to said sieve or box, all shhstantially as set forth.

3. In an apparatus for treating sewage, the combination ot' the'. tilting receptacle A. the reservoir A, an induction-pipe perforated in such a manner as to allow the sewage to pass through it, a. reci-iving sieve or box having a perforated lsottoni,axid suitable mechanism lor rotating the pipe und (or tilting the receptacle, substantially in the manner shown and described. l

RICHARD BEATTY FI'PI-IIAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN WJEOHMAN,

HENRY FICKEN.

in Letrs Patent No. 360,956i

Corrections 1blu lwruby urllccl tlml: in Lcttcrs' Patent Nu. 360,956, grunted April 12, ISST, upon thonllplicaltiun of ichzml Bcatt-y Fthion, of New York, New York, for nu improve.- i ment in Apparatus for 'fruiting Sewage, errors' appear in the printed specification i requiring the. i'ollmving' unrrections: In lino SS, pago-l, :t commu should be substituted l for tho period :Iller thv, refcronco letter D." :md thc following word Bearing should connncncv. willi u sin-.ill l. making u continuous scntcucc; in lino 10l,smnc page., the i words as mnllvr"'ahonldczr' a. smaller," nml tlult'szll Lttisf'atot slxull'le rend 'f-wilzh clics@ cal-motions therein that the sume may conform to the record of' the caso iu tlio Patent Office.

Signml, muntorsiguud, n'ml scaled this 26th (my of April,

A. D. lss-i.

[sx-:ALJ D. IJ. HAWKINS,

Acting Baci-amy of M I nteor.

Cmmtcrsigxmd:

BENTONJ. HALL,

Cmrmrixsnncr of Pfr-tents. 

